The Amazing Spider-Man #5 [Regular Edition]

(October 1963)

Marked for Destruction by Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (signed as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spider-Man and the arch-foe of the Fantastic Four, face-to-face for the first time!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Liz Allan (last name revealed as Allan); Betty Brant (first name revealed); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; J. Jonah Jameson; May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson (last name revealed)

Synopsis

Dr. Doom tries to trick Spider-Man into helping him defeat the Fantastic Four. When Spider-Man turns him down, he decides to capture Spider-Man. Flash Thompson dresses up as Spider-Man for a prank and Dr. Doom mistakes him for the real Spider-Man and captures him instead, and Flash has to be saved by the real Spider-Man.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 ([September] 1965)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #38 (1968 ?)
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #5/1968 ([mai] 1968)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #27 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #92
• in O Homem-Aranha (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #4 (Julho 1969)
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #2 (10 mai 1970) [reworked]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #14 (January 6, 1973) [pages 1-11], #15 (January 13, 1973) [pages 12-21]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #7 ([April] 1974)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #176 (1977)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #[1] (81443) (September 1977)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #4 (21 de mayo de 1980)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #142 (August 1982)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #2 (Febbraio 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 ([November] 1987)
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #390 (Νοέμβριος 1988)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #3 ([Febrero 1992])
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (March 1992)
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #3 (Mayo 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #6 (September 1993)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1963#[6] (1999)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Diciembre 2002)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #1 (Noviembre 2003)
• in Spider-Man Collectible Series (Marvel, 2006 series) #10 ([October 22] 2006) [Pages 1-11 only.], #11 ([October 29] 2006) [Pages 12-21 only.]
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
which is reprinted
• in O Espetacular Homem-Aranha: Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2019 series) #1 ([fevereiro] 2019)
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Great Power ([October] 2014)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #1 - Homem-Aranha 1 (março 2021)
• in The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man (Taschen, 2022 series) #1 - 1962–1964 (2022)

Keywords

Baxter Building; Fantasti-car; spider-wave transmitter

Indexer Notes

This story is an example of Doctor Doom using a robot to take his place. The first instance of this was seen in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #5.

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Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko (illustration)

Inks

Steve Ditko (illustration)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes Special Announcements Section.